fortified+place

  • 51Mount Redoubt — This article is about the Alaskan volcano. For other uses, see Mount Redoubt (disambiguation). Mount Redoubt Steaming at the active summit lava dome on May 8, 2009 …

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  • 52Balby — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.5046longitude= 1.1533 map type= South Yorkshire official name= Balby population = 286,866 (inclusive with Doncaster urban sub area) shire district= Doncaster shire county=South Yorkshire region=… …

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  • 53dheuə- — To close, finish, come full circle. Oldest form *dheuə₂ . Probably related to dheu 2, “to die.” 1. Suffixed zero grade form *dhū no (< *dhuə no ), enclosed, fortified place; hill fort. a. (i) down1, down3, from Old English dūn, hill; (ii) …

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  • 54Brougham — This interesting surname is of English locational origin from a place thus called in Westmorland. The placename was recorded as Bruham in the Patent Rolls of 1228, and derives from the Old English pre 7th Century burh meaning a fortified place,&#8230; …

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  • 55anticyclone — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the&#8230; …

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  • 56Anticyclonic storm — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the&#8230; …

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  • 57blizzard — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the&#8230; …

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  • 58buran — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the&#8230; …

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  • 59Cyclonic storm — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the&#8230; …

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  • 60Fort — Fort, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. {Forte}, {Force}, {Fortalice}, {Comfort}, {Effort}.] (Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by&#8230; …

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